(Length: approximately 950 Chinese characters)
Li Aixia closed her eyes in cold despair. In her ears were the faint cries of her child and Wang Ailiang’s hoarse shouts. In her previous life, the four of them had been like ants, struggling for three months in the “Highway Survival Game” that swept across the globe, only to die in a super sandstorm that devoured everything. Their supplies ran out, and hope was extinguished.
When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to 72 hours before the game began. Beside her was her husband, Wang Ailiang, who had woken from the same nightmare, his face filled with shock. The moment their eyes met, boundless grief and joy intertwined: they had both been reborn!
Their greatest regret and failure in their previous life had been their inability to protect their two children. They had been caught unprepared by the sudden apocalypse, making one mistake after another. This time, that regret became their fiercest motivation. Failure meant watching their beloved children perish all over again, a price their souls could not bear to pay.
Time was the first “impossible mission” they faced. They had only 72 hours, while order still held and money still had value. They had to make every second count. Wang Ailiang quit his job without hesitation, while Li Aixia quickly withdrew the children from school. They emptied their savings and credit lines, even mortgaging their home, though they knew it would soon be worthless. Their goal was clear: stockpile everything they would need to survive, including high-calorie, long-lasting food, drinking water, medicine, fuel, tools, clothes for both hot and cold weather, and, most importantly, a reliable vehicle with some initial modifications. Using their memories of the previous life, they avoided several resource locations that had the highest early death rates and pinpointed a few relatively safe locations rich in supplies...
